KAZARKEN (AS WE DIG)
A woman of Turkish ascent, following ancient anatolian healing rites, dreams her way through fragments of memory, both personal and collective. Guided by a mythological character, Kheiron the Centaur,
she travels freely between the ruins of an ancient Roman hospital
and the streets of a mountain village, high above the river Euphrates. Time and space become dislocated, opening up passages between worlds. An inner experience translated into a film poem, Kazarken explores memory as a place of struggle against oblivion and the violences of hidden history.
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Güldem DurmazDirector
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Güldem DurmazWriter
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Simon BackèsWriter
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A Nous 2/ Güldem Durmaz & Simon BackèsProducer
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CBA - Centre de l'Audiovisuel à BruxellesProducer
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Denis LavantKey Cast"Kheiron"
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Project Title (Original Language):KAZARKEN
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Feature
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Genres:Documentary, Experimental, Essay
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Runtime:1 hour 30 minutes
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Completion Date:November 1, 2016
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Country of Origin:Belgium
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Country of Filming:Belgium, France, Turkey
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Language:French, Turkish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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34th Torino International Film Festival, Italy 2016Torino
Italy
official international documentary competition -
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tetouan, Morocco 2017Tetouan
Morocco
official international documentary selection -
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Milano, Italy 2017milano
Italy
international selection -
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Bruxelles, Belgium 2017brussels
Belgium
official international documentary selection -
33e Rencontres Cinema Gindou, France 2017Gindou
France -
Comptoir du Doc / Programmation Hors Format - Parcheminerie, Rennes, France 2017Rennes
France -
Soirée réouverture du Cinéma Le Styx - Bruxelles, Belgium 2017brussels
Belgium -
Filmer à Tout Prix / Panorama belge, Bruxelles, Belgium 2017brussels
Belgium
national documentary -
GZDOC - Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Guangzhou, China 2017Guangzhou
China
Golden Kapok selection -
Dhaka International Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2018Dhaka
Bangladesh
international doc -
L'Europe autour de l'Europe - Evropa Film Akt, Paris, France 2018paris
France
international competition sauvage -
Festival des Cinémas de Turquie, Paris, France 2018paris
France -
36° Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay 2018montevideo
Uruguay
international competition screening -
Cairo CinmathequeCairo
Egypt
June 23, 2018 -
on MUBI
March 8, 2018 -
Whakapapa Film Festival, Irsina, ItalyIrsina
Italy
July 6, 2018
GOLDEN KORU / Best Documentary Prize -
32° Cineuropa Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela
Spain
November 11, 2018 -
Ibiza Cine FestIbiza
Spain
July 17, 2019 -
Ekurhaleni International Film FestivalGermiston
South Africa
June 21, 2019 -
Every Woman BiennialNew York City
United States
May 22, 2019 -
MIFVIF, Maracay International Film & Video FestivalMaracay
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
June 23, 2019 -
New York City International Reel Film Festival, NYC, USA 2019NYC
United States
July 13, 2019 -
Manhattanhenge Film Festival, New York, USA 2019NYC
United States
July 15, 2019 -
Bacalar International Film Festival, Mexico 2019Mexico
Mexico
July 20, 2019
Ganadora Bacalar Jury’s Award -
4° Canal de Panama International Film Festival, Panamá 2019Panama
Panama
August 15, 2019
BEST DOCUMENTARY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM -
Aphrodite Film Awards, NYC, USA 09/2018NYC
United States
September 15, 2018
Best Documentary Feature -
6° FICLAPAZ - La Paz International Film FestivalLa Paz
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
September 4, 2019
(born in 1971) lives and works between Brussels, Istanbul and Paris.
Her work includes, and sometimes mixes, film-making, video installations, and live performances.
Her short fiction films have been selected and rewarded in numerous international festivals.
Her first feature-length film, Kazarken - As We Dig, was completed in 2016.
Her work explores the connections between memory, language and cultural or transcultural identities, as she experiments with actors and non-actors, secret or invented languages, spaces and situations both real and oneiric.